OTTAWA RESOURCES

Financial Assistance and Related Resources

• Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Disability benefits, Income Security:  1-800-277-9914

• Credit Counselling Service of Ottawa:  613-728-2041

• Employment Insurance Claim Enquiries:  1-800-206-7218

• Entraide Budgetaire:  613-746-0400

• Essential Health and Social Supports/Home Help Services/Child Care Subsidy/ Eligibility Review Programme, (Medical, dental, formula for new-borns, furniture, appliance repair, layettes, moving, allowance, intent to rent letter):  613-560-6000

Financial Assistance (Ottawa) offices:

• To apply for financial assistance:  613-560-6000:

• If receiving financial assistance:

       - Central, 370 Catherine St:  613-560-0622

       - East, 2339 Ogilvie Rd:  613-560-0626

       - South, 2020 Wakley Rd:  613-560-0624 

       - West, 100 Constellation Cres:  613-560-0621

• Ontario Disability Support Plan (ODSP):  613-234-1188

• Public Guardian and Trustee:  613-241-1202

• Social Benefits Tribunal, Ontario:  1-800-753-3895

Legal Assistance

• Ottawa Community Legal Clinic:  613-562-5600

• Community Legal Services, 422-1 Nicholas St:  613-241-7008

• Ontario Legal Aid Plan, 73 Albert St:  613-238-7931

• Family Law Office, 85 Albert St:  613-569-7448

• Family Law Information Centre, City Hall, Court House,161 Elgin, Second Floor, Mon-Fri 09:00am-16:00pm:  613-239-1274

• Beacon Hill Shopping Centre, 2339 Ogilivie Rd, Tue 16:00pm-19:00pm:  613-741-6025

• (REACH) Equality and Justice for People with Disabilities:  613-236-6636

• South Ottawa Community Legal Services:  613-733-0140

• Victim/Witness Assistance Program:  613-239-1229

• West End Legal Services of Ottawa:  613-596-1641

• Got a question about the law? There’s a site for that . . . . What can happen if I’m behind in my rent? Can I sue my former employer in court? What happens if I call the police about my abusive partner? What are my rights if the police approach me and ask questions? A new website called www.stepstojustice.ca  has the answers.

Personal Identification

• Birth Certificates - Office of the Registrar-General:  1-800-461-2156

• Health Cards - Ministry of Health, 75 Albert St, City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave West:  613-783-4400

• Passport Office:  1-800-567-6868

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Employment Help

• Causeway, 22 O’Meara St, Transitional (supported) employment for psychiatrically disabled: 613-725-3494

• Employment & Financial Assistance, Branch for Ottawa:  613-560-6000

• Entrepreneurship Centre 110 Laurier Ave. W, small business self-help:  613-560-6081

• Job Readiness Training (Algonquin College):  613-727-4723  x 5719

• ODSP Employment Support Program (if you have a medically documented disability):  613-234-1188

• Service Canada:  1-800-622-6232

Learning Opportunities

Ottawa Community Coalition for Literacy:  613-233-3232

Algonquin College:  613-727-4723

• Registrar’s Office:  613-727-0002

• Centre for Students with Disabilities:  613-727-4723 x 7683

• Financial Aid Office student loans:  613-727-4723 x 7678

• School of Part-time Studies:  613-727-7655

Carleton University:  613-520-4480

• Admissions undergraduate:  613-520-3663

• Awards Office student loans:  613-520-3600

• Registrar:  613-520-3500

• Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities:  613-520-6608

• People, Words and Change, free help reading and writing:  613-234-2494

• Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board:  613-224-2222

• Continuing Education:  613-228-3338

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board:  613-721-1820

• Continuing Education:  613-239-2751

• University of Ottawa:  613-562-5700

• Admissions, Undergraduate:  613-562-5700

• Centre for Special Services:  613-562-5976

• Financial Aid Office student loans:  613-562-5734

Volunteering

• Volunteer Ottawa:  613-736-5270

Leisure and Recreation

• A Post-Psychiatric Leisure Experience (APPLE):  613-238-1209

• Art Studio for People Living with Mental Illness, Hintonburg Community Ctr, 1064 Wellington St, Thu: 11:00am-15:00pm:  613-725-3601 x 220 or 613-798-8874

• Discovery 2000 (Mood Disorders Ottawa):  613-526-5406

• Frank Street Drop-In:  613-564-4106

• Les ateliers de L’Elan Inc., sociale/artiste groupe francophone:  613-744-2244

YM/YWCA:

• 180 Argyle Ave:  613-788-5000

• 1000 Palladium Dr, Kanata:  613-599-0280

• 200 Lockhart, Carlingwood:  613-729-7131

• Merivale Mall, 1642 Merivale Rd, 2nd Flr:  613-727-7070

• 265 Centrum, Orléans:  613-830-4199

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• Directory of Resources for Seniors in Ottawa, $5.00 at Olde Forge Community Resource Centre:  613-829-9777

• Directory of Ottawa Community Resources, 260 St. Patrick, $45.20:  613-241-4636

• When You Need Help with Food and Clothing, Salvation Army Booth Centre, printed bi-annually:  613-241-1573

• To download Ottawa Trans Resource Guide prepared by the CUSA Gender and Sexuality Resource Centre click here ...

   

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